Life’s Lessons

When I was still in the rat race as a rank-and-file corporate slave, I really wanted to have a 360 degrees performance evaluation. That means I will also evaluate my superior who did my performance evaluation. This is what rank and file employees wanted. Why? Because we feel we are not evaluated fairly. It’s unfair for us to be evaluated in our performance as subordinate and we don’t have a way to evaluate our immediate superiors’ performance on being the boss or just how they do their function. Continue Reading »

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Again, Ace talked about his disappointments at work and he really wanted to quit. I cannot say he cannot handle pressure but the workload is too much for him not to mention a number of people he directly coordinates with and the many “bosses” that asks favor for him to do this and that. He should only be directly reporting to the Warehouse Supervisor but with the company’s lack of centralized and coordinated system, their workflow is so complicated that a should be one-process task became multi-process. He has been working hard to make the workflow simple by eliminating some processes that should not be done but he cannot change the whole system of the department and the company as a whole. Continue Reading »

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Last Monday morning, Ace received a call from a company he has applied to almost 6 months ago. I am asleep that time after being awake the whole night and was able to sleep at 5AM. I have been assisting him for his training as an online coder. When I woke up for lunch, he told me he was scheduled for an interview Tuesday. Well, I hope the interview result will be positive considering that there are many applicants vying for one position with the increasing unemployment rate in the country. Anyway, I am just thinking that he has an edge for he came from a company with the same nature of business ( actually, a competitor of this company) and the vacant position is inline with his previous work experiences.

After the interview, Ace sent an SMS message telling me that he is confident he’ll be accepted for the job. Well, I just hope so. But I don’t wanna expect too much coz I might be frustrated when the result is otherwise. But Ace has really a gut feeling that he’ll get the job. To make the story short, Ace received a call last Thursday informing him that he is considered for the job. Great news! Blessings really come when you’re not unexpecting it. It’s an answered prayer for us….we’ve been praying for it for months. Now, it pays to be persistent and patient. HE does answers prayers in HIS time.

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Again, it’s the first working day of the week. But today is different from other Mondays for the last five years of my life. I am now free, free from the rat race being a corporate slave spending more than 8 hours in the office managing to deliver all my deliverables. At first, I was happy with my work for I think I am compensated enough and I like what I am doing coz I am learning a lot of things. But my motivation to work does not only rely on monetary aspect but fulfillment in my work also. What is important with me is the recognition of my performance, of my presence in the plant doing ALL Human Resources and Admin. functions not only to the 56 employees but also to the agency workers and the guards. It’s really hard managing such task with a hard-to-understand, unjust, as if concerned for the people’s welfare boss. Sorry to say that but that’s the truth. Going to the office bacame so stressful to me so I decided to quit my job. I am now free from the stressful office situation that sometimes resulted to depression. At least I have peace of mind now ’coz I don’t have to deal with people who does nothing but to make other people’s life miserable. Now, I am moving on, and I hope to get over with my bad experiences soon.    

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Today is my first day in the office for this week. I have been on-leave since Monday. I’ve been so stressed the past weeks and I need some time out of the office to think about what I really wanted to do….I wanted to quit from my job. It’s a serious thing but I have made up my mind and my hubby agreed to my decision.

However, before I made the final decision, I am thinking of calling a friend and tell her about what I feel with regards to my job. Before I was able to make a call, I received an SMS from this friend who I am thinking of asking me if I am okay with my job and if I wanted to consider a job away from home….mental telepathy? Blessing in disguise? Sort of. She is my angel and God knows when to send her in time when I needed her most.

That is also what happened more than 3 years ago, when I wanted to resign from work and gain more knowledge and extensive experience in my field. That same friend had shown me the direction that led to a very great job. Now that I felt I have done my share and have gone an extra mile for the company, I think somebody also deserves to experience what I have gone through that made me more equipped to take another level in my chosen field. Thus, I’ll leave my current job to make the position open to those who wanted to grow professionally.

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